Robert ReichAug 29, 2023

FYI: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — both of whom accepted luxury vacations from billionaires — could rule on an upcoming Supreme Court case that would ban a federal wealth tax.

If they don’t recuse themselves, why would we expect Americans to ever trust SCOTUS again?

Show threadJoy CohenAug 29, 2023
@rbreich That ship has sailed. We are headed into oligarchy (if not there already).
Show threadUbergeekAug 29, 2023
@jlippertcohen @rbreich We've been an oligarchy since 1776.
Show threadAaron
@ubergeek @jlippertcohen @rbreich We never really escaped the aristocracy, did we? We just kind of replaced them with home grown ones and held them at arms distance. (We at least had elected officials instead of a monarchy.)
Aug 29, 2023 at 6:40pmWeb